Car-fender.



T. s. STEWART; CAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I, 1916.

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T. S. STEWART.

CAR FENDER. APPLICATION HLED MAR. l, l9l6. I 1 ,206, 1 63. Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIRA S. STEWART, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD L. ISBELL, JR., OF TERRE I-IAUTE, INDIANA.

- CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIRA S. STEWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a car fender.

An object of the invention resides in the provision of a device which will stop the car on which it is mounted as soon as an object is struck by the same.

A further object of the invention resides in so constructing the device that, as the car is stopped, the fender or scoop will be dropped to lift the object which has been struck.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a device which may be easily installed on cars -of the various types used at present and Which will be easy to control.

With these and other objects in view such as will appear as the description progresses the invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts as set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawingsz'Fignre '1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with the invention" showing the same attached to a'car, the parts being in such positions that the car will be permitted to advance, only a portion of the car however being shown; Fig. 2 is a similarview with the parts in the positions they will occupy when the brakes are applied; Fig. 3 is a front elevation with the parts in the positions shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a similar view with the parts in the positions shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a top plan view, the parts being in the positions shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a similar view the parts being shown in the positions disclosed in Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally of the car, and Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view taken transversely of the car on line 8-8 of Fig. 5.

In the embodiment I have illustrated a portion of a car 1 which is supported by a plurality of wheels 2 and driven by means of a motor 3, the drive shaft of which is indicated at 4, the remainder of the motor being represented only conventionally as the specific structure forms no part of the present invention, it being understood at the outset that the invention may be applied to cars irrespective of the motive power used.

The embodiment of my invention illustrated includes a frame indicated generally by the reference character 5 which frame is U-shaped in form. The legs of this frame are secured to the bottom of the car in such manner that the frame protrudes beyond the front of the car, the bight portion of the frame being located in advance of the car. On the end of each of the legs is an eye 6 in which eyes the side bars 7 of a fender 8 are pivotally mounted. This fender 8 is scoop-shaped and extends forwardly of the car. livotally secured to the sides of the fender by means of eyes 9 is an upwardly extending inverted U-shaped guide 10, the legs of which extend through loops 11 formed in the legs of the frame 5 aetween their ends, which frame 5 is braced by means of suitable brackets 12 which are formed on the legs of the frame and are secured to the dash board 13 of the car. A bell crank lever is mounted on the dash board 13 between ears 14. One arm of this lever extends vertically and is provided with an operating handle 15 while the other arm 16 extends horizontally and through a keeper 17 on the bight portion of the guide 10, being slidable through the keeper and being provided with an up-turned end 18 to prevent the disengagement of the keeper from the arm. By means of this bell crank .lever the fender 8 may be raised 7 In order that the fender may be maintained in its raised position a trip 19, which is rectangular in form isprovided, which trip is hinged at its upper end as at 20 to the bight portion of the frame. Secured to this trip member 19 is an arm 21 which extends downwardly and inwardly therefrom in acute angular relation and is provided with a hook 22 on the end thereof on which hook a cam surface 23 is provided, the purpose of which will later appear. This hook 22 is adapted to engage the opening 24 in the forward end of the fender 8 so that the fender will be maintained in its raised pois pivotally mounted on the trip member 19 by means of eyes 26 and is provided ad- 'jacent to its bight portion with loops 27 7 through which the legs of the frame 5 ex tend so that the eyes may move upon the legs to permit the movement of the trip member 19. Pivotally connected to this slide 25 at each side of the bight portion thereof are links 28 which are, at their upper ends pivotally connected to the guide 10 in offset portions thereof as at 29. Thus when the trip member 19 engages an ob ject so that the object will strike the trip member below its pivot point the hook 222 will be disengaged from the opening 2% in the fender 8 and the fender permitted to drop. This movement of the fender will cause the slide 25 to move upon the legs of the frame 5 and lift the trip member into the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the handle 15 of the bell crank lever aforementioned is operated to lift the fender in a manner which has been previously described, the links 28 will cause the slide 25 to move forwardly on the legs of the frame 5 and this movement of the slide will return the trip member 19 to its initial position and the hook 522 into engagement with the opening 2st in the fender 8 ready for subsequent operation.

In order that the brake which is indicated in the longitudinal sectional view by the reference character 30 may be applied to the drive shaft 4 so as to prevent the rotation of the shaft when the trip member is actuated and the fender drops, a downwardly extending arm 31 is formed on the fender and to this arm a connecting rod 32 is pivoted which rod extends and is attached to the brake 30, being passed through a guide 33. It will be seen with this attachment of the brake to the fender that when the fender drops the brake will be applied and the greater the weight of the body which strikes the fender the greater will be the force tending to prevent the advance of the car, that is to say the greater will be the force with which the brake is applied.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a fender which is normally held in a raised position but which when dropped will not only prevent the object which is struck by the car on which the fender is mounted from passing beneath the car, but will also apply the brakes to arrest the movement of the car. Furthermore, I have provided a controlling mechanism for this fender which will, when actuated .by the body which is struck release the fender so that it will drop under the action of gravity.

WVhile I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to that particular embodiment as it is obvious that numerous changes maybe made in the details of construction thereof without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of theclaims.

What I claim, is i I l. The combination with a car having a brake, of a U-shaped frame mounted on the car and extending forwardly therefrom, a fender pivotally mounted on the frame and connected to the brake, means for raising the fender, means for maintaining it in its raised position, and means for releasing the last mentioned means whereby the fender will be permitted to drop and the brake applied.

2. The combination with a car having a brake, of a frame extending forwardly from the car, a fender pivotally mounted on the frame and connected to the brake, a trip member pivotally mounted at its upper end on the frame and having a hook thereon adapted to engage the fender to maintain Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

